Modules

**First year**

Block 1: The Responsive Dancer
Block 2: Rethinking Dance
Block 3: Space, Place and Connections
Block 4: Ensemble Performance and Production

**Second year**

Block 1: Style, Production and Artistry
Block 2: Digitising Your Artistic Voice
Block 3: The Healthy Practitioner: Wellbeing and Self-management
Block 4: Applying Your Practice: Dance Artists, Communities and Education

**Third year**

Blocks 1 and 2: Select two from the list below:
Facilitating Practice: Teaching and Leading Dance
Industry practice: Choreography, Performance and Producing
Personal Research Project
Education and Performing Arts

Block 3: Select one from the list below:
The Bridging Project
Creative Media in Performance

Block 4: Dance Company and Production

Assessment methods

We want to ensure you have the best learning experience possible and a supportive and nurturing learning community. That’s why we’re introducing a new block model for delivering the majority of our courses, known as Education 2030. This means a more simplified timetable where you will study one subject at a time instead of several at once. You will have more time to engage with your learning and get to know the teaching team and course mates. You will receive faster feedback through more regular assessment, and have a better study-life balance to enjoy other important aspects of university life.

**Structure**
Teaching takes place through practical classes, seminars, workshops, discussions, tutorials, rehearsals, theatre and community visits, screenings, and performances. Learning through practice is essential to this course and you will engage in active, experiential and reflective learning throughout.

There is a varied mix of assessments to develop a range of skills including solo and group choreography and performance work, solo and group presentations, teaching practice, class work, viva voces, blogs, portfolios, marketing packs, action plans, and reflective and evaluative essays.

We have one of the largest teams of dance staff in the UK and, as they are practising artists and researchers, you can be assured of keeping up-to-date with current research and trends in dance. Our excellent teaching and research was acknowledged when DMU was designated a Centre for Excellence in the Teaching and Learning of Performance Arts.

Our academic dance staff have international reputation for performance, choreography, research and innovative teaching. World-renowned choreographer and former student, Akram Khan MBE, has acknowledged the "inspirational teaching" he experienced at DMU.

Dance staff work closely with local, national and international dance organisations including Fabric (formerly Dance4) and People Dancing. We also enjoy close links with artists and professional organisations, such as the Akram Khan Company, New Art Club, Moving Together and Serendipity Arts who have offered students work experience and internships.

**Contact hours**
In your first year you will normally attend around 15 hours of timetabled taught sessions (lectures and tutorials) each week, and we expect you to undertake at least 22 further hours of independent study to complete project work and research.

Tuition fees

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